Wednesday, August 9

SU Ag Center’s 4-H LIFE CHILL visits Global Wildlife Center

Baton Rouge, La. – The Southern University Ag Center’s 4-H
Living Interactive Family Education (LIFE) Mentoring Program and Changing How I
Live Life (CHILL) group participated in a tour of the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, La. on July 18,
2017.

A total of 28
participants – 18 youth along with 10 mentors, volunteers, SU Ag Center staff
and caregivers - from East Baton Rouge and St. Landry Parishes attended the
tour.

The youth were extremely
excited and amazed to see and learn about so many exotic animals from all over
the world. As an added bonus, the youth were able to feed the animals.

Many youth and caregivers
stated they had never visited the Global Wildlife Center and were happy the 4-H
LIFE team put the tour together.

The SU Ag Center's 4-H
LIFE program seeks to rebuild broken family units who have been impacted by
parental incarceration. The 4-H National
Mentoring project engages youth ages 5 to 17 in interactive family activities
that include the incarcerated parent and the caregiver. The program operates in both East Baton Rouge
and St. Landry Parishes.

CHILL is a group
mentoring session that brings mentors/mentees together each month to
participate in fun activities that will develop and/or strengthen their
relationships.

The 4-H
LIFE program is directed by Dr. Tiffany Franklin, Principal Investigator and
Milissia John Baptiste-Cole, Co-Principal Investigator.

For
additional information about this program or how to become a mentor, contact
Dr. Franklin or Mrs. John Baptiste-Cole at 225-771-2242.

The
SU Ag Center and the SU College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences
together are called the Southern University Agricultural Land-Grant Campus.